His Ex Wife is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus)

Chapter 140

“Jason, what’s up with you?” Evadne looked puzzled and surprised.

She always thought highly of Jason, but there he was looking all beat up and lost, eyes bloodshot, lips pale as a sheet, like a puppy left homeless in a downpour.

“Jason, are you here because of Elspeth?”

Ca**ius came up to Evadne, his steps steady, his eyes soft, as he wiped his handsome hands with a pristine white silk cloth.

Evadne glanced at him and saw specks of blood on the cloth.

“I’m sorry. I’m really sorry!” Jason kept apologizing, bowing deeply to them.

Just as Evadne was puzzled, Arnold gave her a buzz.

“Arnold?”

“Sis, Elspeth just left my place.”

Arnold’s voice was heavy with resignation, seemingly self–blaming as he said, “My team and I have been gathering evidence on Elspeth’s abuse of power and bribery, but she’s way ahead of us, shifting all blame to Earl. Frederic got her a really slick lawyer, Cedric Dempsey. That guy is ruthless; he knows exactly how to exploit legal loopholes. My evidence fell short, so I had to let Elspeth go.”

“It’s alright, Arnold, you’ve done your best. And we hit our target, as long as we’ve got the Westguard project under our belt. Everything else, we can take it slow.”

Evadne was calm, but those around her were all fuming as they were itching to give Elspeth a good thrashing.

Elspeth was no saint, but Evadne knew that they could take their time dealing with that woman.

J

At that point, Frederic was still head over heels for Elspeth, he would surely go all out to help her. Escalating the conflict between two big conglomerates for a single project, wasting resources, just wasn’t worth it at that time.

“Uh, Evadne, Jason already rang me up, he seemed quite upset. Comfort him a bit, this has nothing to do with him. He cares too much about your feelings, afraid that you’re upset, so he’s under a lot of stress,” Arnold sighed.

“I got it.”

of what had happened, her gaze at

blame,” Jason’s eyes were red as he was ashamed and couldn’t

was so mad that he stormed into

it wasn’t for Chairman Emeric’s help, hiring our dad as a legal advisor for the conglomerate, protecting us, how could our parents have had a peaceful retirement? How could your law firm have thrived like this? Now Ms. Evadne is going after Elspeth, how can you defend the Abernathy group, make excuses for Elspeth?

a fight with his brother for over twenty years,

to kowtow to them! And besides, our dad has won so many cases for Chairman Emeric over the years, any debt of gratitude has been paid off! I’m a professional lawyer, to me, everyone is a client. If it’s a case I can handle, and the terms are right, I’ll take it, whether it’s the Abernathy group or the Ashbourne group, it simply doesn’t matter to me! You, on the other hand, our parents worked hard to raise you, provided you with an elite education, poured so much effort into you, all so

stung

heart, but his family was

face

are you talking

frowned and smiled, like she was coaxing a child, her hands on his trembling shoulders, gently shaking him, “Don’t blame yourself, and don’t pick a fight with your family over this. Elspeth is an insignificant baddie; how could

Jason’s voice choked,

I totally understand this, and I absolutely have no

saying earnestly, “Professionals should do professional things, a professional lawyer shouldn’t be swayed by social niceties. If the Abernathy group has offered Mr. Cedric a good enough deal, then Mr. Cedric has the right to stick to his professional ethics and take on the Abernathy group’s case. If the Ashbourne group needs legal help down the line, I believe Mr. Cedric would lend

his head, nodding

gently stroking her palm

illegitimate daughter. But first, I

with intelligence, narrowing slightly, “George said that only Acacia’s mother Una knows where the child is, so let’s

smiled slightly, then asked, “And what

drive her mad before I

to get engaged to Thaddeus? How can we

has lost his marbles,” Ca**ius

bat for a while now. No matter, I’ve found myself again, and I want this lousy man to get

phone, found the photo of Avery and then she had snapped. “Here, check out this guy, do you recognize him? I was nearly stabbed

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“Really? Then

a mystery.

piqued as she recalled the man’s smooth, jade–like

man’s desire for control and didn’t like anything or

her, examining

up, and he turned to look

you really